Thank you for this brilliant thread of lace and pictures. This type of lace
looks as if it is similar to Bucks Point. Can you tell me if it is finer
thread, or just has new stitches not normally used in Bucks Point.
I think it looks stunning. I could never get the hang of the free Bucks
Bucks and Tønder both belong to the category of point ground laces. There
are many similarities. Tønder is worked with a finer thread, anything from
Egyptian Cotton 120/2 to 170/2 depending on the pricking. The gimp is
relatively heavy, such as linen 35/2 or 35/3. Gunvor encouraged use of linen
I thought of another difference between Bucks and Tønder.
In Bucks as you work from the lace into the headside, after you cross the
gimp, you twist the workers (twice?) before working through the headside
passives. Likewise, after you've made the picot, you work back through the
passives and
Hi again everyone,
More info added to the page--be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom.
This has been a lot of fun and very educational. Keep 'em coming!
http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/OldLace/
Barbara Joyce
Snoqualmie, WA
USA
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David emailed a scan of the portion of his pricking that he is
asking about.
As shown in Barbara's website, it does look like pinchain. However,
from David's description, I wonder if the picture isn't rotated 90
degrees. It sounded to me like the lines
On Jan 7, 2007, at 14:11, Barbara Joyce wrote:
David emailed a scan of the portion of his pricking that he is asking
about.
Here's the URL:
http://homepage.mac.com/bejoyce/tonderdetail.jpg
I have finally managed to dig through enough tasks to take a peek at
the pricking and recognized the
